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Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say they're planning their own investigation into his death

Ismael Spencer |Sunday, August 18, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy concludes his death was a suicide by hanging

The 66-year-old disgraced financier was found dead in his prison cell on August 10th. He had pleaded guilty in 2008 to Florida state charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor, in a controversial non-prosecution agreement with the US.

The statement released by Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson, which specified that Epstein hanged himself, confirms her office's preliminary findings last weekend. A private pathologist also observed the autopsy, the statement said, calling it "routine practice".

On Thursday, the Washington Postreported that the autopsy showed Epstein had multiple broken neck bones, including the small hyoid bone that is located behind the Adam's apple.

In response to Epstein's suicide, the Justice Department suspended two jail guards and transferred the warden.

Epstein's lawyers say they are not satisfied with the medical examiner's findings, and that they are planning their own investigation.

Even if one assumes, for the sake of argument, that the medical examiner's ruling is correct and Epstein's death was a suicide, that by no means forecloses the possibility, if not likelihood, of a conspiracy to eliminate him prior to a trial or plea deal.

The official says the Federal Bureau of Investigation has repeatedly sought interviews with some staff members but those interviews are being delayed by union representatives. The suit claims the women were working as hostesses in a Manhattan restaurant in 2004, when they were 18 and 20, and told to give Epstein massages. Her claims implicated a number of other high-power figures, including Britain's Prince Andrew, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, all of whom have denied the accusations. They seek $100 million in damages, citing depression, anxiety, anger and flashbacks.